Baha'u'llah & the New Era 2006 by -J. Esslemont- 1 Para

In former ages, a government could concern itself with external matters and material affairs, but today the function of government demands a quality of leadership, of consecration and of spiritual knowledge impossible save to those who have turned to God (89:4)

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